WHERE I STAND: Journalism Is Not a Crime - October 16, 2025

Pentagon beat reporters are turning in their press passes! One by one they walked by a flyer on the wall with the words “Journalism is Not a Crime” outside the correspondents corridor and handed in their credentials. They took this unprecedented act because the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, decided to lay down a new edict severely restricting press access. Rich analyses the consequences and emphasizes why this matters to our country.